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The Incidence of Central Line–Associated Bacteremia After the Introduction of Midline Catheters in a Ventilator Unit Population

HYPOTHESIS: Our objective was to evaluate whether the use of midline venous catheters in place of central line venous catheters, when appropriate, decreased the overall incidence of central line–associated bacteremia in a ventilator unit. METHODS: The time interval between February 2012 and February...

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Autores principales: Pathak, Rahul, Patel, Anish, Enuh, Hilary, Adekunle, Oluwaseyi, Shrisgantharajah, Vasanthy, Diaz, Keith
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4420154/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25972725
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/IPC.0000000000000237